I have a gas Wolf rangetop, and I can't promise you that you'll be able to boil water much faster than on your electric range. :-) It's the one thing that isn't an improvement. Like you, I'd spent my whole life cooking on 30" electric ranges. Cooking on a pro-style gas rangetop was a big shock at first. All that flame and so much power! It was a little scary at first. Also, since I'd had a ceramic top on my last range, I was a bit dismayed about how messy it can get...Not anything like wiping down the smooth top, and even more work than dealing with coils, which I always hated. It doesn't help that mine has 8 burners, so a lot to get splattered. Anyway, I've learned to accept the cleaning challenges and the fact that it will always look well-loved and used, and not clean and new again. I adjusted much faster to the cooking with gas. It's a lot of fun, and so great to have better response for turning things up and down, the good simmer my Wolf offers, the flexibility to use large pans and a double-burner griddle/grill pan, power for stir-fry, etc., etc. I'm betting that in an area the size of Atlanta, you should be able to find the range and support you want. I've read here a lot of times that gas ranges are pretty basic and one of the easiest things for a service person to work on.

Lilleth, I think it only comes in stainless. We stopped by Sears tonight in hopes of seeing it. They didn't have a slide in on the floor, but did have a freestanding. Frankly, I was underwhelmed. I do NOT like the burner configuration at all. The oven shelves felt almost flimsy and didn't slide easily at all. The warming drawer is really more of a standard storage drawer with a heating element. Didn't appear to have any insulation at all. Sidewalls were just a standard piece of thin metal. Oh, and if you stop by Sears, prepare yourself to have a discussion with the salesperson that they DO INDEED have an induction slide in. When I asked to see it, the salesman insisted they didn't offer one. He finally signed on to their website at my request so I could point it out to him.

farmhousebound - I'll post a picture. I've got the 90C with the high backsplash in yellow, like Rachael Ray, if you watch her show. My range is not in service yet. I'm currently refurbishing it. As for where to put that 2nd oven, I have plans for 2 pantry cabinets flanking my refrigerator. The first/main cabinet is 30", the 2nd is 24" wide. I was thinking if I went this route I'd go with either an IKEA Mumsig 24" oven or Fagor 24" oven. The Fagor is about $200 more. They're both basically a 24" cube, so I don't think I'd be losing much in terms of storage. Interesting concept of putting an oven in the garage, I'm not sure if I'd have room in mine. Ours doubles as "the shop" with a huge table saw, dust collector, and whatnot. francy: my kids are just entering that stage. My oldest will be in 3rd grade, the middle in 1st, and the youngest starts Kindergarten. I haven't been involved in school as much as I've always had little ones at home, but next year, I'm antipating doing more since they'll all be there. Kathe

Perhaps the easy one?